Article: Tiocfaidh ar la, shouts jailed loyalist

ONE of four self-confessed loyalist gunmen shouted out in Irish the republican slogan "Our day will come" after being jailed for 12 years today.

The four, who admitted possessing a loaded and cocked 9mm pistol, were being taken to the cells at Belfast Crown Court when one was heard yelling "tiocfaidh ar la".

The outburst came shortly after Judge Kevin Finnegan QC had told the four that "something was afoot" when caught red-handed by police on the outskirts of Coleraine in November last year.

"Society had hoped that behaviour of this nature had been put an end to but the court has togive long sentences for this type of offence, " Judge Finnegan said to the four defendants.

The court earlier ...

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